EUROPEAN UNION
| 19/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Eurogroup meeting |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Conference of Presidents - Meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Foreign Affairs (until 21); Budgetary Control (also 20); Industry (until 21); Regional development (also 20); Agriculture (also 20); Culture (also 20); Legal Affairs. - Public hearings: - “Mode 4 trade in services and the circulation of workers” (mode 4 is temporary immigration by workers in order to supply services) (International Trade Committee); - “Progress in the field of freedom, security and justice” (Civil Liberties Committee) (also 20/01); - “Maternity, paternity and parental leave” (Women's Rights Committee) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Committee of the Regions: CoR Secretary General Gerhard Stahl to meet secretary generals of European local and regional authorities' associations |
| 20/01 - | BRUSSELS: - General and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - CONUN troika (working group on the United Nations) - Canada |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Policy and Security Committee (also 21/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Development (also 21); International Trade; Economic Affairs (also 21); Employment (also 21); Transport (until 22); Civil Liberties (also 21); Women's Rights; Petitions. - Public hearings “Video games and consumer protection”; - “Taking action to combat the degradation of farm land in the EU, particularly in the south” |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-240/07 Sony Music Entertainment (intellectual property), Ruling C-350/06 Schultz-Hoff, Ruling C-520/06 Stringer (social policy) |
| 21/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER I (also 23/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Committees: Environment (also 22); Fisheries; Constitutional Affairs (also 22); Human Rights (also 22).- Public hearing: “Trade in whale products” |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Social Troika and Social Partners Meeting |
| 22/01 - | LUHACOVICE: - Meeting of EU employment and social affairs ministers (until 24/01) |
| - | PRAGUE: - Conference of EU research ministers to discuss innovation and R&D (also 23/01) |
| - | LANAKEN: - Commission seminar (also 23/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EESC: Conference “Rien ne va plus? Comment reconstruire l'économie sociale de marché européenne” (also 23/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - COREPER II |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP: Internal Market Committee. - Public hearings: “Systèmes de transport intelligents dans le domaine des transports routiers et interfaces avec d'autres modes de transport”; - Conscientious objectors (Security and Defence Sub-Committee) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-377/07 Steko Industriemontage (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-150/07 Commission/Portugal (EU own resources), Ruling C-473/07 Association nationale pour la protection des eaux et rivières and the OABA association (environment), Ruling C-492/07 Commission/Poland (industrial policy) |
| 25/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Informal trade minister dinner |
OTHER EVENTS
| 19/01 - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS conference on the Czech Presidency's priorities |
| 20/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Lunch debate on “Les politiques du développement régional en Europe. Approches croisées OCDE-UE” organised by IFRI |
| 22/01 - | BRUSSELS: - CEPS conference “Beyond dependence: How to deal with Russian Gas” |
| 23/01 - | AARHUS/ DENMARK: - CRPM: meeting of political bureau |